She had thought that she had been over Adora, that she no longer cared about her. That if she died, it wouldn't mean a thing.
But as soon as Catra had seen She-Ra become overwhelmed during the skirmish it was like time had stopped and she had gone into autopilot.
Catra didn't even flinch as she cut down one of the soldiers that she had been commanding not even minutes prior, her mind basically going into tunnel vision and her focus stayed solely on Adora.
"Captain!"
She heard a voice call, although this only knelt on the ground by the blonde's nearly unconscious form.
"Adora! Just hang in there, your friends will be here any minute." Catra found herself saying as her burning eyes drifted across the various wounds that littered the warrior princess's body, some which Catra herself knew she had caused.
"I'm sorry. I'm so sorry...just hold on. You're tougher than this, just fight."
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Everything hurt.
That was the first thought that Adora had upon waking up in the familiar surroundings of Bright Moon's infirmary.
What happened? The last thing I remember is that net...thing. How did I get here? But that would mean that we won...but how? I failed I...
Her brain raced as she struggled to sit up.
"Whoa, easy Adora! You got hurt pretty bad out there."
Adora hadn't even noticed that Glimmer had been sitting beside her bed until she had spoken.
"Glimmer, what happened? I just remember I fell...and...I'm sorry." she began, only to feel hands gently pushing her back onto the bed.
"Just rest Adora. It's okay. We won...Barely and mostly because without a coherent leader they are really hopeless." the shorter girl responded, smirking slightly as she glanced toward the door although when Adora glanced in that direction she saw nothing but the opening that led to the hallway.
"So Catra...Did she..." Adora couldn't bring herself to finish that sentence.
She was supposed to let go, but with so much history that was easier said than done.
"Did we kill her? No. No one would want to after what she did." Glimmer answered, rolling her eyes before adding "I may have hit her in the face with a spark ball, however."
What she did? What was Glimmer talking about?
"What did she do? You're making no sense." Adora commented, earning a chuckle.
"Trust me, nothing that happened today makes any sense. But we'll talk more about it in the morning...after you've rested."
The next morning Adora expected to see anyone or anything but a familiar poof of brown hair leaned against the foot of her bed, obviously asleep.
"Catra?" she barely managed to say, earning an ear twitch in response.
Why is she here?
"Catra!" she repeated louder, startling the magi-cat out of her sleep and causing every bit of her hair to stand on end.
"Who...Wha...? Adora, you're awake!"
Adora winced as Catra's voice hit a higher tone.
"Yeah, and you're going to make me go deaf. What the heck happened anyway? I mean you're in Bright Moon and Glimmer said..." Adora replied as she moved to sit up, only to see Catra's ears go flat.
"I almost killed you, Adora."
Catra felt bile rise into her throat as she said the words and found herself unable to look anywhere near her former friend.
Why did I even stick around? I should have left after I made sure that she was okay.!
"I saw you collapse and I...I know what I said...I know what I've done but...I...I never meant any bit of it... I..."
She stumbled over her words, knowing that if this conversation had happened during different circumstances she wouldn't have been able to bring out the words.
"Catra, I should have let you come when you wanted to follow me...I shouldn't have just left. I never meant to make you feel like you were expendable...that I was better than you because I never thought that..." Adora said, cutting her off as she moved to get out of bed.
Only to be stopped by a strong grip on her arm.
"Don't. Just don't okay? We both made decisions that probably...okay wasn't...the smartest in the world but it's over. You won, I'm in Bright Moon...and after turning on my own troops to save She-Ra, I can't return to the Horde so I may as wells stick around."
